Sunday, July 2, 2017

An indictment accusing an FBI agent of lying to hide that he fired
two shots at Robert "LaVoy" Finicum and missed caps an 18-month
investigation that began with Oregon sheriff's detectives who followed
"where the evidence led," their commander said Wednesday.

Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson credited his investigators for
their tenaciousness and said he was "disappointed and angry'' that the
FBI agent's alleged deceit and actions "damage the integrity of the
entire law enforcement profession.''

The sheriff also revealed that FBI leaders, told of his department's
findings more than a year ago, didn't put the agent or four of his
colleagues on leave. They were all members of a Hostage Rescue Team
assigned to help arrest the leaders of the armed takeover of the Malheur
National Wildlife Refuge.

In fact, more Americans have trust in professional wrestling than they have great confidence in the liberal media.

Gallup found nearly two in ten Americans (18%) supported professional wrestling in 1999 poll:

Still, despite the hoopla, wrestling remains a
preoccupation with only a minority of the American public. A new Gallup
poll conducted August 16-18 shows that only 18% of Americans consider
themselves to be fans of professional wrestling.

meanwhile, trust in the liberal mainstream media continues to shrink.

Only 16% of Americans have a large amount of trust in the national news media today.

From May through early July 1863, Vicksburg, Mississippi, a
strategically important city on the Mississippi River, was besieged by
Federal forces under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant, and by a
flotilla of gunboats in the river commanded by Admiral David Porter. The
city was surrounded by outlying Confederate lines of defense, but the
Union forces also shelled the city itself, which was full of civilians,
who dug caves into the clay hills of Vicksburg for protection from the
artillery bombardment. The siege lasted 47 days, until the city and its
Confederate defenders were at last starved into submission. The
Confederate commander, Gen. John C. Pemberton, surrendered on July 4,
1863. So bitter were the feelings and memories of the people of
Vicksburg afterward that they did not officially observe the
Independence Day holiday for the next 81 years (not returning to its
observance until 1945).

A
doctor who killed another physician at a New York City medical center
and wounded six other people before taking his own life had sent an
email to a newspaper blaming hospital officials for wrecking his career,
the New York Daily News reported on Saturday.

Yes, it was all the hospital's fault.

Let's
see what we know. The "doctor" was an immigrant; from Nigeria, it
appears. Reuters "mentions" that he obtained a medical degree from
Dominica, but doesn't mention a few other things.

Like, for example, that his name is a muslim northern Nigerian name. He apparently threatened to kill his co-workers, if this source is to be believed, and then carried out that threat. Oh, and he has three prior arrests, all involving allegations of various improprieties with women, dating back to 2003.

It
appears that he came to New York for the explicit purpose of carrying
out this act; CBS New York says he was living in California, which
certainly implies he went to a hell of a lot of trouble and this was no
"random" incident.

The controversial “Obamaphone” program, which pays for cellphones for
the poor, is rife with fraud, according to a new government report
released Thursday that found more than a third of enrollees may not even
be qualified.

Known officially as the Lifeline Program, the phone
giveaway became a symbol of government waste in the previous
administration. Now a new report from the Government Accountability Office bears out those concerns.

The
report, requested by Sen. Claire McCaskill, Missouri Democrat, also
says the program has stashed some $9 billion in assets in private bank
accounts rather than with the federal treasury, further increasing risks
and depriving taxpayers of the full benefit of that money.

“A
complete lack of oversight is causing this program to fail the American
taxpayer — everything that could go wrong is going wrong,” said Mrs.
McCaskill, ranking Democrat on the Senate’s chief oversight committee
and who is a former state auditor in Missouri.

“We’re currently
letting phone companies cash a government check every month with little
more than the honor system to hold them accountable, and that simply
can’t continue,” she said.

President Trump
stepped up his attack on the press over the holiday weekend, telling an
audience of veterans in Washington that the media failed in trying to
stop him from achieving his objectives.

“The fact is the press destroyed themselves because they went too far,” Mr. Trump
said at an event at the Kennedy Center. “Instead of being subtle and
smart, they used the hatchet, and the people saw it right from the
beginning.”

Mr. Trump,
who has seized on an erroneous story by CNN in the past week to
illustrate his point, said the media has been working against him from
the start.

“My administration is
transferring power outside of Washington and returning it to where it
belongs, the people,” the president said. “The fake media is trying to
silence us, but we will not let them. The people know the truth. The
fake media tried to stop us from going to the White House, but I’m
president and they’re not.”

Trump has granted Mattis extraordinary
powers in the fight against ISIS, including the ability to set troop
levels and adjust the rules of engagement. The decisions mark a sharp
departure from the policies of former President Barack Obama, who
tightly managed the wars from the White House.

The fight against the Islamic State is being pursued with renewed
vigor, President Donald Trump assured a Saturday night crowd of veterans
and evangelical Christians at the Kennedy Center.

“It’s a whole different ball game folks,” Trump said of the renewed
U.S. effort against the terrorist group. The president also hailed his
own decision to select Secretary of Defense James Mattis, likening the
former U.S. General to that of famed U.S. World War II hero Gen. George
Patton. “We’ve got some Pattons today too, I found em….Mad Dog Mattis,”
the president declared

President Trup’s voting commission asked all 50 states
for voter names, addresses, party affiliation and voting records, part
of an investigation into voter fraud by a commission he launched last
month.

Officials in 10 states
already announced they would not comply at all with the request. Those
states are California, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi,
New Mexico, New York, South Dakota, Tennessee and Virginia.

In 1871, the city of Richmond, Virginia, publicly celebrated the
Fourth of July. It was an unfamiliar experience. There had been no
general commemoration of Independence Day since 1860 -- before Virginia
had seceded from the nation that was formed in 1776.

Other
Southern cities were not ready to resume participation in our national
ritual. Cheraw became the first place in post-Civil War South Carolina
to do so, in 1891. Jackson, Mississippi, waited until 1901 to hold a
reading of the Declaration of Independence on the occasion. Vicksburg,
Mississippi, didn't join the party until 1945.

Staunch
supporters of the Lost Cause had little fondness for the United States.
The Stars and Stripes was the banner of their enemy. When Union troops
occupied Richmond in April 1865, the first thing they did was hoist the
American flag over the capitol.

Remembrance

To die for one’s country is not only an act of bravery, it is THE act of bravery. For soldiers, it is just an extension of their military career, a part of their duty. As leaders have asked their soldiers to sacrifice themselves for the good of the society, it is only right for leaders to go through the same motion. They should practice what they have preached.

As war is seen as a noble act, tu sat serves as redemption in case of defeat. It is also a way to tell the enemy: “You might have won the battle/war but you don’t deserve to win because you don’t have the chinh nghia (just cause).” And it is not only just cause: it is the moral belief that the cause they are fighting for deserves their total sacrifice. Continues below

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.